adverb:

• continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way - ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic
• much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
• far away; long ago
• direct; straight

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.)
• to face (e.g. east); to look out on
• to point to
• to be suited to; to be fit for
• to go in the direction of; to lean towards (of a feeling)

noun:

• wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers) - onomatopoeia
• something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• punctuation marks such as the dakuten
• Chonchon; South American mythical bird - From

noun:

• armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
• beside; close to; near; by - also written as 傍, 側
• aside; to the side; away; out of the way
• off-track; off-topic
• deuteragonist; supporting role - usu. written ワキ in Noh
• second verse (in a linked series of poems) - abbreviation ➜ 脇句

noun / ~の noun:

• class-A; A class; A grade

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder)

noun:

• viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window - usu. as 窓越しに

noun:

• chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

noun:

• announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer - Buddhism term
• noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back [literal] ➜ 鴨鍋

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit
• to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart

noun:

• enshrinement of two or more deities in one building of a shrine; shrine building dedicated to two or more deities

noun:

• multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand - abbreviation ➜ 提げ重箱
• female prostitute who carried multi-tiered food boxes about and peddled foodstuffs (Meiwa and Anei eras) - archaism

noun:

• fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe) ➜ 本生り
• weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man; pallid man

noun:

• rest; recess; respite
• vacation; holiday; absence; suspension
• dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

noun / ~する noun:

• regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on

noun / ~する noun:

• conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

noun:

• retirement age
• years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• place near the mountains ➜ 海手

noun:

• hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama) ➜ 山の手

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• three flat objects (e.g. tickets, pieces of cloth, etc.)
• filleting (a fish)

noun:

• case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; housing; enclosure; cabinet; chassis; frame

noun / ~する noun:

• quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim

noun:

• motorized two-wheeled vehicle (with a displacement of less than 50cc); scooter; moped - abbreviation ➜ 原動機付自転車